IMPACT! Wrestling
June 24th, 2021
Skyway Studios in Nashville, Tennessee
Commentary: Josh Mathews & D’Lo Brown
Before The IMPACT! – TJP & Fallah Bahh def. Decay (Crazzy Steve & Black Taurus) w/ Rosemary by pinfall at 9:31
I’ll Go Anywhere I Want
We start the show with Kenny Omega and Don Callis coming into the building, but security says that Callis isn’t on the EVP list, and he needs to be on the talent list and he’s not. Callis tells security he’s the guy who booked Omega and Jericho in Japan and gave birth to AEW and he will go with Kenny wherever he wants in this building.
Rosemary vs. Kiera Hogan (w/ Tasha Steelz)
Kiera automatically ducks Rosemary and heads to the outside to gather herself with Tasha a couple of times. Rosemary eventually chases her on the outside back inside and hits a side suplex. Rosemary starts attacking Kiera in the corner including an exploder suplex, back elbow into the Upside Down. Tasha gets involved and trips Rosemary off the apron. As Kiera distracts the referee, Tasha continues to choke out Rosemary on the ropes. As Tasha continues to talk trash and tease more choking, Havok walks out to corner Rosemary. Kiera hits a splash and a dropkick to Rosemary for a two-count. Kiera continues with the splashes and dropkicks in the corner, but eventually, Rosemary stops her and takes Kiera down. They get up and start exchanging strikes, but Rosemary ends it with an SOS Slam. Rosemary slides into a bridged submission, Kiera escapes, but Rosemary hits a reverse DDT for a 2 count. Kiera comes back with a superkick and roundhouse kick but only gets a two. Rosemary comes back with a planted DDT for the pin.
Winner: Rosemary by pinfall at 7:57
Choosing Sides
Gia Miller backstage with Chris Bey and asks why he didn’t get involved in last week’s X Division brawl. Bey chose not to because that wasn’t his business, instead, he is looking at going to Slammiversary and winning the X Division Championship. Trey Miguel and Petey Williams come in and say alliances are being formed and ask Bey which side he’s on. Williams says he’s been through this plenty of times and a lone wolf gets eaten up first, so he better choose a side before a side chooses you.
Staying On as The Overseer
Gia Miller backstage with Tommy Dreamer asks how he feels about getting Don Callis fired. Dreamer says he hates to see people getting fired but it had to be done because Callis got himself terminated. Scott D’Amore walks in and says Dreamer could have handled it differently and not gone over his head. He cuts to the point and says there’s some validity to what Dreamer said and because of his association with Don, he wasn’t taking things as he should have and thanked Dreamer for having the company’s best interest at heart. Dreamer says he’s always there to help out and oversee things. D’Amore says he’s happy to have Dreamer’s help but ‘he’s got this’. Dreamer says the board has asked him to stay on as an advisor and consultant, and D’Amore doesn’t seem too pleased about that.
Susan (w/ Kimber Lee) vs. Deonna Purrazzo
This non-title match comes off of Deonna last week kicking Susan and Kimber out of her circle. Susan says that Deonna is nothing but a little brat and not a professional and they continue to chat before Deonna eventually goes from a headlock into a shoulder block but misses a knee drop. Susan continues to talk but Deonna laughs it off. Deonna grabs Susan’s foot in the corner and transitions into an arm breaker. Deonna continues with the offense by hitting a Russian Leg Sweep into another arm breaker as Kimber Lee tells her to stop. Deonna continues to tie up Susan by grabbing her leg and other arm as well. Deonna ends it by curb-stomping Susan saying this is too easy. Deonna starts stomping Susan in the corner, but Kimber eventually is able to grab Susan and bring her to the outside. Deonna tells Kimber to put her back in the ring, but she says no. Susan eventually agrees to crawl back in as Deonna is laughing away and puts on a straight jacket. Deonna goes for a pinfall but decides she’s not done with Susan just yet as Kimber Lee looks distraught ringside. Deonna calls Susan a loser, but Susan says she’s a winner and starts fighting back. They go to the top rope where Susan hits a Superplex, tries to go for the pin, but Deonna rolls it into an armbar as Susan submits right away.
Winner: Deonna Purrazzo by submission at 6:54
Deonna continues to attack Susan and puts on the Venus De Milo, but Kimber Lee breaks it up. Deonna starts screaming at her not to dare touch her, she’s done with these losers, and they were lucky to be by her side.
Turnip? Turn Up!
We go to Swinger’s Palace where TJP and Fallah Bahh are showing gambling, with Bahh losing and TJP winning, so Bahh asks for a loan. Willie Mack and Rich Swann walk in, and Johnny Swinger says there’s no chance of Mack teaming up with him as Hernandez is his new partner. Mack says he doesn’t want to fight, he’s here to make some money. Hernandez yells at them to not put their feet on the table, but Swinger tells John E. Bravo he’ll make an exception to him putting his feet on the table. Bahh questions if Mack and Swann are still a tag team, and Swann says they never broke up, he just got injured. Bahh talks about being homeless, but they might have a shot at the tag team championship. Swann says with them in the way, that won’t be happening, but TJP asks when’s the last time Mack and Swann have even tagged. So, Swann says for them to do it next week as Mack says it’s time to ‘turn up’. Swinger says ‘Turnips? No food and beverages allowed at Swinger’s Palace, daddy!’
The Omega Dream
We see Tommy Dreamer backstage who gets approached by Don Callis who says no hard feelings about the whole thing and says he’d rather be on the street than in Scott’s position. He starts sucking up to Dreamer about him being in this new position for Anthem and says it’s a great spot for Dreamer. Callis says he knows Dreamer still wants to wrestle so suggests Kenny Omega and the Good Brothers against Tommy Dreamer and a couple of guys for a six-man tag. Dreamer thinks it over and calls Callis a ‘creative genius’ sarcastically.
Rohit Raju & Shera vs. Petey Williams & Trey Miguel
Petey and Rohit start the match with back-and-forth action ending with Petey hitting a dropkick on the ropes before putting on a Tree of Woe on Rohit. Miguel and Petey exchange tags in and out, before hitting a double knee to the back of Rohit with Petey getting a two count. Shera tags in and easily push Petey down a couple of times before Petey tries to fight out but Shera grabs and hits a power slam for a 1 count before we go to commercial.
When we come back Petey Williams is fighting his way out from Rohit’s rest hold. Petey dodges out of the way and tags in Miguel who dropkicks Shera off the apron before going at it with Raju including an atomic drop and a cutter. Miguel goes for the Meteora but misses to take out Shera yet again, but Raju grabs him with a jumping flatliner for a two-count. Miguel is able to reverse out, tag in Petey who comes in hits a Russian Leg Sweep for a two count. At this point, we see Ace Austin and Madman Fulton start walking their way down to the ring. As Petey tries to hit the Canadian Destroyer he notices Austin and Fulton on the outside and gets distracted. Raju hits the Drive-By and gets the pinfall on Petey.
Winners: Rohit Raju & Shera by pinfall at 9:27
Austin and Fulton come in and join Shera and Raju in beating down Petey and Miguel. Josh Alexander comes out to help and is able to single-handedly take them all out, eventually though Fulton comes from behind and takes down Alexander as the hells continue the beat down on the faces. Chris Bey starts walking to the ring, but he stops and instead starts a video of the beatdown while talking over it.
“I’m In”
Gia Miller backstage interrupts Sami Callihan and Tommy Dreamer and asks if Sami is one of the members for the six-man match and Dreamer does say he is trying to convince Sami to join Team Dreamer next week. Callihan says since this is a way for him to beat down on Kenny, he agrees. Moose walks in and says “I’m in” as well. Dreamer questions if he even knows who his partner is implying Tommy himself isn’t on the team.
Fall from Grace
Rachael Ellering is in the ring and says she wants to say something but in the right way. When she and Jordynne Grace won the titles, she started walking around with rose-colored glasses and because of that, she didn’t see the red flags. She wants to address them tonight, but she wants to do it with Grace in the ring and asks her to come out. Jordynne comes out as Ellering thanks her for coming out. Ellering says she wants to say this to her face so they can work this out together. When they won the titles at Rebellion, that was one of the proudest moments of her entire life. She was so overjoyed and was proud Jazz was there to share it and found herself afterward reflecting on getting to that point as a champion with Grace. Ellering says if you would have seen her a year ago, as she starts crying a bit, she was at the lowest point of her entire life and she wasn’t herself and it was so hard every day to just get to the next day. She had people love and care for her, but they kept pushing her into a pool of positivity. Ellering said she got to the point where she hated hearing all that and being pushed, so then she came to IMPACT, and then she did that same thing to Grace. She says she’s so sorry for that and that’s not what Grace needed and wanted. Ellering says she wants to be a good partner and a good friend, but she messed up along the way.
Ellering starts naming women’s wrestlers and what they think of Grace, but Grace interrupts her and says she doesn’t care what they think and before Ellering got there she defeated the longest reigning Knockouts Champion to become champion and starts naming all of her other accolades. Yes, she loves having Ellering as her partner, but she can do things on her own. Ellering mentions Tenille again, and Grace gets upset and says if she mentions Tenille once again she’ll drop Ellering on her head. Jazz’s music hits as she makes her way to the ring. Jazz loves both of them and this is why she brought both of them together and knew combining them together would be great. Jazz says this is just a hurdle and with the two together she knows they can get over it. Jazz tells Grace to listen to her and to not let her ego get in the way. Ellering tells Jazz she’s glad she’s here, but it’s not just on Grace, it’s on both of them. Ellering says it bothers her that they are the shortest reigning tag team champions of all time, but she wants nothing more than to team up with Jordynne going forward but to know if Jordynne wants the same thing. Jazz says the ball is in Grace’s court and asks what she wants to do. Grace says she doesn’t know and just needs some time to think about it and leaves the ring.
As Jazz and Ellering stand in the ring, Tenille Dashwood and Kaleb with a K make their way out. Tenille says at this point, Rachael is just embarrassing herself as it’s very clear things aren’t working out between her and Jordynne. Clearly, the solution is right here with her but Ellering interrupts her and says ‘no, absolutely not’, before continuing to say no in different ways and says the only time she wants to be in the ring with Tenille is if she’s her opponent and challenges Tenille to a rematch. Tenille thinks about it for a second before trying to attack Rachael, Kaleb gets involved but Jazz stops him as Ellering takes out Tenille.
Sam Beale (w/ Brian Myers) vs. Jake Something
Before the match, we see Brian Myers backstage getting Sam Beale ready for his match as Beale takes notes and he gives Beale an ‘entrance mask’, with his initials on it. Myers is ringside shouting out advice to Beale, but Something easily takes down Beale with a shoulder block. They fight on the outside as Myers is encouraging Beale on. Back inside, Beale jumps off the top rope, but Something catches him in a power slam for a 2 count. Myers distracts the referee as Beale rakes Something’s eyes. Myers throws in a chair that the referee and Something both clearly sees, and Something kicks it right out of the ring. Something hits a spear in the corner followed by a Black Hole Slam for the quick win.
Winner: Jake Something by pinfall at 2:27
Brian Myers gets on the mic and tells Beale not to blame himself for that loss. In this business, you have to find others to blame and calls Something unprofessional for bringing a chair in the ring and tells Beale to take his notebook out and take notes. He says don’t be like Jake and do the opposite.
Eddie Edwards and Satoshi Kojima are backstage getting ready before Willie Mack and Rich Swann wish them good luck on their upcoming match. Edwards says once they win the titles tonight, they will give Swann and Mack the first title shot. Swann says he’s still a little beat up from W. Morrissey and Edwards says Morrissey will get his soon enough.
Next Week
- TJP & Fallah Bahh vs. Willie Mack & Rich Swann
- Chris Bey vs. Petey Williams
- Kenny Omega & The Good Brothers vs. Sami Callihan, Moose & Chris Sabin
IMPACT World Tag Team Championship: Violent by Design (Deaner & Joe Doering) (c) (w/ Eric Young & Rhino) vs. Eddie Edwards & Satoshi Kojima
Edwards and Doering start the match with Doering quickly controlling Edwards before tagging Deaner in. Kojima tags in himself and easily takes down Deaner as we go to commercial.
When we come back Kojima and Edwards are working together taking down Deaner before Kojima tries to run the ropes and gets a boot to the back by Doering. Deaner takes advantage and takes down Kojima and keeps him down with stomps before tagging in Doering. Doering drives an elbow to the chest on Kojima but only gets a two. Doering keeps Kojima in their corner and tags Deaner who starts choking Kojima on the ropes. Doering comes in and keeps Kojima down with a sleeper hold. Doering tries to suplex Kojima, but Kojima fights back and hits one of his own. Edwards and Deaner, both tag in but Edwards stays in control and hits a Blue Thunder Bomb for a two count. Doering comes in and VBD starts double teaming Edwards until Kojima comes in and takes VBD to the outside where they receive a double dive from Edwards and Kojima before going to commercial again.
Back to the match with Edwards in control as he’s chopping Deaner in the corner. Rhino gets on the apron and distracts Edwards a bit, as Deaner sidesteps in the corner and hits a powerbomb out of the corner for a two count. Doering comes in and easily scoops slam Edwards followed by a fall-away elbow for a pin attempt. Deaner back in continues to hold Edwards down as they stay away from Kojima and his corner as Violent by Design continues to tag in and out while working on Edwards throughout. Edwards finally fights back by hitting a suplex as he inches toward Kojima and tags him in. Kojima hits back elbows to take down Deaner before shooting off the machine gun chops in the corner that Doering breaks up. All four men start brawling in the ring as Eddie and Kojima do dueling chops in the corner. Edwards hits a top rope hurricanrana on Deaner, followed by a flying elbow drop from Kojima for a two count. Deaner fights back hitting a neck breaker but misses a flying headbutt. Edwards tags in and tries to hit a backpack stunner on Deaner, but Doering breaks it up with a lariat. Deaner connects with a flying headbutt but only gets a two. All four men start brawling and Edwards tries a schoolboy on Doering for a 2. Doering comes back with a double clothesline taking down Edwards and Kojima. Doering goes for the Revolution Bomb, but Edwards reverses out. Kojima hits the Koji Cutter on Doering followed by Edwards trying the Boston Knee Party, but Doering catches him and hits the Revolution Bomb for the pinfall.
Winners: Violent by Design by pinfall at 24:44, to retain
